Mod Rewrite not working

Question

I am trying to get the URL www.mysitedomain.com/blogs/displaynamehere to show what is in the directory at www.mysitedomain.com/blogs/blog.php$display=displaynamehere

So thanks to the people who helped me here I know I need to use a Mod Rewrite How to make parameters look more attractive

The contents of my HT access is at follows. The first is a re direct generated by my hosting, the second is my attempt at the mod re write which is not working.

# DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE AND THE LINES BELOW REDIRECTID:Hjz5g3
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^joelhoskin.net76.net$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.joelhoskin.net76.net$
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.joelhoskin.net76.net/flexdevs [R=301,L]
# DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE AND THE LINES ABOVE Hjz5g3:REDIRECTID

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^joelhoskin.net76.net/blogs/(.*)$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.joelhoskin.net76.net/blogs/(.*)$
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.joelhoskin.net76.net/blogs/blog.php?display=$1 [L]

Thanks everyone

Answer 1

The host shouldn't contain anything after the slash. So you want:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^joelhoskin.net76.net$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.joelhoskin.net76.net$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^blogs\/(.*)$ http://www.joelhoskin.net76.net/blogs/blog.php?display=$1 [L]